Today approximately 1.6 million fall Chinook salmon were released into Battle Creek.
This is the first of multiple releases of fall Chinook salmon this season. Each year the hatchery produces 12 million fall Chinook salmon for release into the Sacramento River system.
In addition to the production fish being released this spring, we also released 2.7 million fry earlier this year. The fry releases that occurred back in January are part of a three-year experimental release strategy to evaluate fry releases.
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